GoDaddy kicks Texas abortion “whistleblower” website off its platform
Organization was kicked off GoDaddy, but has apparently already found a new home
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Web hosting giantGoDaddyhas removed the website of an anti-abortion organization that was being used to anonymously report suspected abortions in Texas.
Owned by the Texas Right to Life group, the website prolifewhistleblower.com (which now redirects to texasrighttolife.com) was used as a platform for the public to submit tips on suspected pregnancy terminations in Texas.
GoDaddy locked the part of the prolifewhistleblower.com website that allowed users to submit anonymous tips on suspected abortions, and gave it 24 hours to find a new provider.
The move follows a recent decision from five justices of the US Supreme Court that private citizens can sue anyone who performs, aids or abets an abortion on a fetus that has a detectable heartbeat.
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GoDaddy has yet to reply to TechRadar Pro’s request for comment, but toldArs Technica: “Last night we informed prolifewhistleblower.com they have violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and have 24 hours to move to a different provider.”
“The site violated multiple provisions, including, but not limited to, Section 5.2 of our terms of service.”
The above-mentioned section prohibits GoDaddy sites from using the platform to “collect or harvest… non-public or personally identifiable information” without gaining prior written consent.
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On its website, Texas Right of Life issued a statement saying: “Our IT team is already in process of transferring assets to another provider, and we’ll have the site restored within 24-48 hours.”
It has been reported that Digital Ocean has cut off hosting services too and the anti-abortion website is now using Epik for its name servers and as its domain registrar.
Thecontroversial firm Epikhit headlines earlier this year for supporting the likes of Parler.
TechRadar Prohas also reached out to the Texas Right to Life group, to which they are yet to reply.
However in a statement toArs Technica, Texas Right to Life Director of Media and Communication Kimberlyn Schwartz noted that, “We will not be silenced. If anti-Lifers want to take our website down, we’ll put it back up.”
Via:Ars Technica
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